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Gambling licensing solicitors

To successfully operate in the betting and gaming industry you need to make sure that you have the correct licences in place. We act for businesses throughout the world in applications for UK Gambling Commission Operator’s Licences and UKGC and local authority premises licences.

Our experts have experience of dealing with a wide variety of applications for remote and non-remote licenses including:

  • casinos (online and physical)
  • bookmakers (online, race course and shop-based)
  • pool betting
  • betting intermediaries
  • amusement arcades
  • gaming machines
  • bingo (online and bingo halls)
  • society lotteries
  • sports books
  • Betfair Exchange Agents
  • personal licences and Annex A applications
  • gambling software

Our specialist services

We are frequently asked to advise prize competition organisers on how to ensure that their competitions do not become illegal lotteries.

License applications

We offer a full-service licence application product in which we draft, collate and submit full applications. We also offer a consultancy service in which we assist with the aspects which you may find most difficult, including drafting compliance policies.

What we advise on

We regularly advise on:

  • whether a license is required, and if so what kind
  • the application of the obligations under the Licensing Conditions and Codes of Practice in specific circumstances
  • the drafting of business plans, forecasts, policies, procedures and terms and conditions
  • compliance with reporting requirements
  • sourcing and contracting with third-parties, such as software testing houses, payment service providers and third-party funders.

Licensing & business regulation

Our team combines expertise in both licensing and business regulation. This equips us to advise you on matters, such as:

  • anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing responsibilities (particularly as these affect casinos)
  • responses to cease and desist letters, investigations and prosecutions.

Key contact

Martin Jones

Partner

As the Head of the Regulatory Department, Martin acts in a wide-range of regulatory crime and professional regulation matters. Martin has built up over 20 years of experience and a wealth of specialist knowledge.

He leads the firm’s cross-departmental alcohol and gaming licensing teams. Additionally Martin manages the teams providing a range of outsourced services to local authorities, including court representation of local authorities Adult and Children’s Services Departments.


How we act for our clients

As a full-service law firm, we offer licensing work as part of a service with other departments and disciplines such as commercial property or insolvency. We are often engaged in dealing with prosecutions for breach of licensing conditions and are also known for our work in reviews and in particularly contentious applications.

We look to deal with all aspects of gambling licensing both land-based and remote, acting for a number of the major international operators.


Our clients

Some of our notable clients include:

  • Double Diamond Gaming Limited, trading as “Rainbow Casino”, a UK-wide chain of casinos.
  • Novomatic AG, one of the largest gambling companies in the world, for which we regularly undertake licensing due diligence work on prospective acquisitions working closely with its Austrian based legal and M&A teams.

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